Aldeer.com Forums Alabama Deer Talk Serious Deer Talk Forum It's amazing how resilient they can be.

I’ve had encounters with a number of 3 legged deer now while blood tracking that resulted from poor shots. It’s amazing how fast they can still run on three legs when one of the front legs are blown off. A lot of these leg shot calls are unrecoverable unless the dog can just get the deer hemmed up somehow. We chased one around in circles last year for 5 miles before it ran over onto the neighbors. I saw it get up out of the bed and take off down the edge of a clearcut with Otis on its arse……. and let me tell you it was sho nuff scootin on 3 legs. They don’t fair so well missing a back leg though…..we recovered a couple last year with back legs blown off. The deer is much more handicapped without a back leg.